A national, federally funded center that provides capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. Includes valuable tools and materials for school use.
McIntosh, Kent, Girvan, Erik J., Horner, Robert H., Smolkowski, Keith, and Sugai, George. 2018. “A 5-Point Intervention for Enhancing Equity in School Discipline.” Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) February 2018.
Authored by the nation’s experts in PBIS, this article provides insights into cultural responsiveness as a key component in creating equitable positive behavioral supports.
McIntosh, Kent, Girvan, Erik J., Horner, Robert H., Smolkowski, Keith, and Sugai, George. 2018. “A 5-Point Intervention for Enhancing Equity in School Discipline.” Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) February 2018.
The technical assistance guide provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and components of PBIS and functional behavior assessments (FBAs). The guide is useful for practitioners that seek to clarify their understandings about the purpose and use of PBIS and FBAs in practice.
George Sugai, Robert H. Horner, and others. "Applying Positive Behavioral Support and Functional Behavioral Assessment in Schools: Technical Assistance Guide," 1999.
The article describes how PBIS was included in the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and stresses the usefulness of PBIS for ensuring a free and appropriate education for students with disabilities and for protecting students at schools. The article is useful to practitioners and state and local education agencies that seek to understand the links between policy, practice and student outcomes.
Turnbull, R. H., Wilcox, B., and others. “IDEA, Positive Behavioral Supports, and School Safety.” Journal of Law and Education, 30(3), 2001: 445-503.
The tool is designed to support district leaders implement school wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) systems. It is useful because it clearly defines and describes the different steps and processes associated with implementation SWPBS systems.
OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (October 2015). Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Implementation Blueprint: Part 1–Foundations and Supporting Information.Eugene, OR: University of Oregon. Retrieved from www.pbis.org.
The authors posit that interpretation of behavior of marginalized students is susceptible to prejudice, bias, and racist ideology.The articles points out that although PBIS frameworks are increasingly used in schools to support students, students of color continue to be overrepresented as needing supports within these frameworks.
Taylor, J. C., Hanley, W., Deger, G., & C. Hunter, W. (2022). Promoting Anti-Racism Practices and the Cycle of Critical Consciousness within Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Frameworks. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00400599221120242
Bastable, E., Meng, P., Falcon, S. F., & McIntosh, K. (2023). Using an Embedded Mixed Methods Design to Assess and Improve Intervention Acceptability of an Equity-Focused Intervention: A Methodological Demonstration. Behavioral Disorders, 48(3), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919880486
This document provides suggestions for use of Coordinated Early Intervening Services funds to address issues of equity in school discipline. Suggestions included multi-tiered systems of support, disaggregating data for decision-making, equity-focused professional development, coaching of teachers, and partnering with families.
Austin, Sean, Heidi Von Ravensberg, and Kent McIntosh. 2022. Wise Use of Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) to Achieve Equity in School Discipline. Eugene, OR: Center on PBIS, https://assets-global.website-files.com/5d3725188825e071f1670246/629fbbf38f28899469117353_Wise%20Use%20of%20Coordinated%20Early%20Intervening%20Services%20(CEIS)%20to%20Achieve%20Equity%20in%20School%20Discipline.pdf (accessed January 30, 2023).
